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Post by AxeHandle on Jun 29, 2011 9:45:10 GMT -5
Old Owners? Whoa now! Old is a state of mind...  IMHO Old Jeeps and Old Owners mix like oil and water...  |
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Post by arokcrwlr on Jun 29, 2011 10:20:41 GMT -5
I prefer my FORD - not a Jeep, but it's the same wheelbase...   |
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Post by Boge Quinn on Jun 29, 2011 10:29:49 GMT -5
Old Owners? Whoa now! Old is a state of mind... IMHO Old Jeeps and Old Owners mix like oil and water... Well, you're only as old as you FEEL - which makes me well over a hunnert. ;D |
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Post by AxeHandle on Jun 29, 2011 10:31:17 GMT -5
Old Guys like the Bronco and Scout...  Something about those low wide doors making it easier to get in and out.
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Post by dmize on Jun 29, 2011 11:25:39 GMT -5
I never did really apprectiate the CJ-7s and the pants destroying hump in the door opening,especially when some rocket scientist stuck a set of 44's on them.
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Post by arokcrwlr on Jun 29, 2011 14:47:43 GMT -5
Old Guys like the Bronco and Scout... Something about those low wide doors making it easier to get in and out. It's true...one of many reasons. |
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Post by AxeHandle on Jun 29, 2011 16:37:14 GMT -5
Those Broncos certainly do have some fine parts. Their transmissions, transfer cases, axles and the like, IMHO are the best factory components there have ever been. I had Currie build me a 9 inch Ford for my '79 CJ5. For me the original bodies are every bit the Classic 4x4 that the CJ 5/7 is....
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Post by dmize on Jun 29, 2011 16:39:36 GMT -5
I was just wondering if a YJ is a Yuppie Jeep does that mean that a CJ is a Codgers Jeep? ;D
Oh and Boge as a heads up we in the repair field have a saying.
Just
Empty
Every
Pocket
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Post by Boge Quinn on Jun 29, 2011 16:40:50 GMT -5
I was just wondering if a YJ is a Yuppie Jeep does that mean that a CJ is a Codgers Jeep? ;D Oh and Boge as a heads up we in the repair field have a saying. Just Empty Every Pocket LOL |
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Post by AxeHandle on Jun 29, 2011 16:48:17 GMT -5
The wisdom of a later model is easy to quantify too. Like hotrods and custom guns the cost effective way to acquire the old Jeep is to find one already built by someone else. My el cheapo CJ5 has acquired a transmission, windshield and windshield frame, a complete wiring harness, tires, and still needs brakes all round and wheel bearings too! When it is just road worthy, not counting my time, I will have spent well over what a cherry one would have cost.. I still plan a roll cage, tube fenders, and rock sliders. The saving grace is that I enjoy fiddling with it...
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Post by tek4260 on Jun 29, 2011 17:34:37 GMT -5
2 happy days with a Jeep! 1- The day you buy it 2- The day you sell it |
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Post by dmize on Jun 29, 2011 18:38:25 GMT -5
Good thing about being a Jeep dealer,all the hot girls that they attract
ONE of the bad things of being a Jeep dealer...the 300lb 50 sumthin women having a midlife crisis............
I like the last of the TJ's before they dropped the 4 liter the best. Ran good,lasted forever if maintained,the soft tops were perfected,didnt leak water and could carry on a conversation at 60 mph.
With me after 25 years of 8 to 16 hour days working on cars I just cant take the weekend tinkering anymore.
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Post by cj3a on Jun 29, 2011 21:14:19 GMT -5
I have a 2006 Rubicon. Nice ride with the 6spd,4.0 and disc brakes all a round.
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Post by dmize on Jun 29, 2011 21:29:56 GMT -5
And the trick suspension and the wicked air lockers.
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Post by tek4260 on Jun 29, 2011 22:27:30 GMT -5
My "real" Jeep  |
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Something about those low wide doors making it easier to get in and out.
